Dorothy Day writes a dispatch from a December 1932 convention of farmers in Washington, D.C., lobbying for emergency legislation in the face of the Depression.
Unemployment is a grave emergency today. Workers of the world are being lost to the Church. As lay apostles and "other Christs," this is our responsibility.
"We'll do what we can... take these unoccupied buildings to start some hospices. A place to live and something to eat now, then we can plan on getting back the land"
Day and a group of labor lawyers go to San Francisco's San Quentin prison to defend three innocent men convicted of the murder of an engineer on a cargo ship in 1936
Meals are so important. The disciples knew Christ in the breaking of bread. We know Christ in each other in the breaking of bread... gluten in wheat is like flesh.
